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Aircraft flight mode selector system

  • US 6,314,343 B1
  • Filed: 12/23/1999
  • Issued: 11/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An aircraft flight mode selector system comprising:

  • a) a screen for displaying a plurality of general aircraft flight modes and for displaying subsidiary aircraft flight modes;

    b) a plurality of first switches which are operable, when closed, to cause different first general flight modes to be displayed on said screen, said first switches also being operable, when closed, to cause a plurality of different first subsidiary flight modes to be displayed on said screen, which first subsidiary flight modes are catagories of said displayed first general flight mode;

    c) a plurality of second switches which are operable, when closed, to select certain of said subsidiary flight modes for activation, said second switches also being operable, when closed, to cause said screen to display which of said subsidiary flight modes has been selected; and

    d) a flight control computer operably connected to said first and second switches, said flight control computer being operable to institute changes in the flight mode of the aircraft as dictated by closure of selected ones of said first and second switches.

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